(a.) First in order of time or development or in intention;
primitive; fundamental; original.
(a.) First in order, as being preparatory to something higher;
as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
(a.) First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as,
primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
(a.) Earliest formed; fundamental.
(a.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some
quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first
stage of substitution or replacement.
(n.) That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a
chief matter.
(n.) A primary meeting; a caucus.
(n.) One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's
wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird.
(n.) A primary planet; the brighter component of a double star.
See under Planet.
